Waterloo Letters (FINE COPY OF UNCOMMON FACSIMILE EDITION, FIRST EDITION THUS OF 1891 FIRST EDITION)

Fine/Fine. Facsimile edition, first edition thus in d/w. With new Introduction by Albert A Nofi. This is a facsimile printing of the first edition published in 1891. Illustrated with eleven maps in text and seven folding maps at the end of the book. This collection of letters from survivors of the Waterloo Campaign was gathered in the 1830s and 1840s when Captain William Siborne was trying to verify the chronological events of the day of the battle, to ensure the accuracy of his model diorama of Waterloo. He amassed 180 letters giving first-hand accounts of all of the principal phases of the Battle of Waterloo. Letters from the General Staff, cavalry, artillery and infantry officers. With Index. D/w has faint sunning to spine (as usual); else a fine copy, in a fine d/w, of an UNCOMMON facsimile edition, first edition thus. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf. NO inscriptions, underlining or highlighting.